The ever-busy Oshodi -Apapa expressway has been on lock-down in the last 48 hours. Security agents and traffic managers are nowhere to be seen as chaos reign. Consequently, motorists and commuters have remained stranded with tales of harrowing experience. ”We have been here for hours. We are helpless because there is nobody controlling the traffic. It appears the security agents and traffic controllers have abandoned their job,” said an angry motorist yesterday. The expressway has been experiencing traffic snarl for years but the situation has taken a turn for the worse since Tuesday. The expressway has been experiencing traffic snarl…
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The National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is currently having a closed-door meeting with the Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, Minister for Interior, Rauf Aregbesola and former National Chairman of the ruling party, Chief Bisi Akande. The meeting holding at the residence of Chief Akande in Ila Orangun, Osun State is to broker peace between Oyetola and his predecessor, Rauf Aregbesola. However, Aregbesola announced on his Twitter page that he arrived Osun State with entourage from the ministry of Interior to commence stakeholders’ engagement meeting with different stakeholders in the state as directed by President Buhari.…
The Defence Headquarters says the decision to engage mercenaries to assist the military in defeating the Boko Haram insurgency is squarely for the Federal Government to take. It noted that the security forces cannot challenge the initiative, stressing that it was up to Nigerians and the government to contract the private army. Following the killing of over 43 rice farmers in Zabarmari, Borno State, by Boko Haram insurgents last Saturday, Governor Babagana Zulum had demanded the engagement of foreign mercenaries to tackle the militants. Endorsing Zulum’s demand, the governors of North-East states said the thought of hiring mercenaries to fight…
The Nigeria Police on Thursday extradited Abdulrashid Abdullahi Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), to Nigeria from Niamey, Niger Republic. He was arrested in Niger having been declared wanted by a court of competent jurisdiction over a pending criminal trial against him. Maina was arrested on November 30, 2020 through the collaborative efforts of the operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, INTERPOL NCB, Abuja and their Nigerien counterpart. The team from INTERPOL Nigeria, led by the Commissioner of Police INTERPOL, CP Garba Umar, having completed the necessary documentation requirements and other extradition processes, flew the wanted…
The Nigeria Police Force has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking the dissolution of the judicial panels of inquiry to probe allegations of rights abuses and other acts of brutality by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other police units. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo led National Economic Council had mandated states and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja to set the panels following weeks of nationwide protests against police brutality. The NPF in the suit argued that the state governments lacked the power to constitute the panels to investigate activities of the police force and…
Chairman of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality in Ondo State, Justice Adesola Sidio, said the panel received a total of 32 petitions. Justice Sidio who stated this Thursday at the inaugural sitting of the panel in Akure said the panel would received more with a view to giving everyone equal opportunity to get justice. Sidio said the panel would ensure all parties that should appear were properly served. He assured petitioners that justice would be done in all cases submitted and that the panel’s recommendations would be targeted towards the general overhaul of administration of criminal justice…
Juventus forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, netted his 750th career goals as they beat Dynamo Kiev 3-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday night. Federico Chiesa had given the Serie A champions a first-half lead, before Ronaldo tapped in for 2-0 in the 57th minute. The finish was his 10th of the season for Juventus and his second in the Champions League, having previously scored against Ferencvaros. It was also his 75th career goal for the Italian giants. Ronaldo has scored a total of 102 goals for Portugal since making his debut in 2003 and he is his country’s top scorer. The…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has hinted that insurgency and terrorism may continue in Nigeria for another 20 years. Buratai made the remark on his verified Facebook handle few days after Boko Haram massacred rice farmers in Borno State. Boko Haram had beheaded about 110 rice farmers in Zabarmari, Jere Local Government Area of Borno State. However, Buratai noted that Nigerians generally misunderstand what insurgency and terrorism mean. According to the Army boss: “There is general misunderstanding of what insurgency and terrorism entail. There is likelihood of terrorism persisting in Nigeria for another 20 years. “Citizens…
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike on Wednesday presented a N448,660,773,476 billion budget for the 2021 fiscal year to the House of Assembly. The ‘Budget of Recovery and Consolidation’ allocated N305.8 billion for capital expenditure and N142.7 billion for recurrent expenditure. Governor Wike said the budget represents about 20 per cent increase over the 2020 N300 billion budget. The capital expenditure, representing, 68.18 per cent, constitutes administrative sector (N87.7 billion); Economic sector (N105 billion); Law and Justice (N1.7 billion); Social sector (N132 billion) and deductions/loan repayments (N38 billion). The governor said N82.9 billion was allocated to provide infrastructure, including roads, bridges, and completion…
Zenith Bank Plc has emerged as Bank of the Year in Nigeria in The Banker’s Bank of the Year Awards 2020. The bank has also won the Most Valuable Banking Brand in Nigeria and the Number One Bank in Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital, also by The Banker. The award, which was announced yesterday by The Banker Magazine, Financial Times Group, United Kingdom during the virtual awards ceremony, was based on individual banks’ ability to deliver returns, gain strategic advantage and serve their markets. Regarded as the industry standard for banking excellence, The Banker’s Bank of the Year awards is contested…